Information overload or ‘filter failure’?
Coping With Email Overload
Peter Bregman posted this at Psychology Today… I’ve come to the conclusion that I use email to distract myself. Whenever I feel the least bit uneasy, I check my email. Stuck while writing an article? Bored on a phone call? Standing in an elevator, frustrated in a meeting, anxious about an interaction? Might as well [...]
Google roundup for 4/25/2012
If you want to be a thought leader on the internet, I believe there are only two activities you need to master: Deepening your expertise using Gmail, Google Reader and Gist Documenting your expertise using blogging and social networks These activities will give you a share of voice, which may lead to share of mind [...]
Email Is Not Broken; We Are
Here’s an interesting perspective on the ‘problem’ of email… There’s a constant flow of “email is/is not broken” articles across the internet, but most of them miss the point. Email as a system is not broken, but we, through our email behaviors, are. Nearly all of the articles written recently about fixing email have concentrated [...]
How to easily include images in your posts…
I coach a lot of people on how to use WordPress effectively for ‘thought leadership’ marketing. One of the most important things to include in every post is a relevant picture. Why? HubSpot says: If you’ve ever read a book with a child, you probably know they find pictures more interesting than words; but are [...]



